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To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel.

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Maurice Ravel
Age: 62 †
Born: 1875
Born: March 7
Died: 1937
Died: December 28
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